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Mantle Defined
The largest part of the Earth's interior, below the crust and above the core, probably composed of ultramafic rocks.
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The Grand Canyon: How Old is It?
Published November 18, 2008, 6:12 am, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
The Grand Canyon seems to be fixed in time, but it is hardly permanent, and lately, neither are geologists' estimates for its age, sparking what one scientist calls "the Grand Canyon Wars."
Plankton Contribute to Continental Crackups
Published November 17, 2008, 6:34 am, Discovery Channel
Plankton makes up black shale which presents weak zones in Earth's crust.
Threat to life is transformed into a lesson on how to live
Published November 14, 2008, 2:12 am, The Des Moines Register
The doctor told Lon Larson and wife Linda Krypel the diagnosis: It was cancer.
Threat to life is transformed into a lesson on how to live
Published November 13, 2008, 11:16 pm, The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index
The doctor told Lon Larson and wife Linda Krypel the diagnosis: It was cancer. Weeks of aches, pains, nausea, dizziness and swelling finally had a name - specifically, Mantle cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Endless Oil?
Published November 13, 2008, 3:15 pm, Forbes
Radical Russian researchers say we are looking for oil in all the wrong places.
The Exciting Evolution of ... Rocks
Published November 13, 2008, 11:07 am, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
Every rock tells a story. And some of those stories are about the history of life.
Instrument Center Celebrates 10 Years At Tech
Published November 13, 2008, 9:58 am, Small Town Papers News Service
To celebrate its 10th anniversary at New Mexico Tech, the IRIS-PASSCAL Instrument Center will open its doors to the public from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20....
AGU journal highlights: Nov. 11, 2008
Published November 12, 2008, 8:56 am, EurekAlert!
( American Geophysical Union ) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: Ups and downs of Greenland's ice sheet; Shrinking Arctic ice boosts phytoplankton growth; Comet-like tail of ion flux streams from Mars; Surface waves effects in deep ocean; Potential predictability for some earthquakes?; Magnetic fields reconnecting in near-Earth space; Studying Saturn's oxygen ...
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Mon Nov 17
- Lower mantle tomography and phase change mapping: Sun, D., and D. Helmberger (2008), Lower mantle tomography and phase change mapping, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10305, doi:10.1029/20 07JB005289.
- Radiative conductivity in the Earth/'s lower mantle : Abstract : Nature: Nature 456, 231-234 (13 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/na ture07412; Received 5 July 2007; Accepted 2 September 2008 Radiative conductivity in the Earth's lower mantle Alexander F. Goncharov, Benjamin D. Haugen, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Pierre Beck & Steven D. Jacobsen
Thu Nov 13
- Google Reader (1000+): Can slabs of oceanic crust descend as deep as to the core-mantle boundary? Is cold mid-ocean-ridg e basalt dense enough to sink so deep into the mantle?
- Thomson Reuters
Wed Nov 12
Tue Nov 11
- Cast Designs & Supply - Fine Architectural Mouldings and Products
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Thu Nov 6
- Scientists say a rock can soak up carbon dioxide | Environment | Reuters: Peridotite is the most common rock found in the Earth's mantle, or the layer directly below the crust. It also appears on the surface, particularly in Oman, which is conveniently close to a region that produces substantial amounts of carbon dioxide in the production of fossil fuels.
Tue Nov 4
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